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How di the slave owner's wife feel about the slave childen fathered by her husband?
Slave owners wives were often embarrassed and took the anger out on the innocent children.
How did the South feel about Dred Scott?
They embraced the decision. It verified their view of a slave society.
How did the British feel about slavery?
In the space of just 46 years, the British government outlawed the slave trade that Britain had created and went on to abolish the practice of slavery throughout the colonies. British anti-slavery was one of the most important reform movements of the 19th century. But its history is not without ironies. During the course of the 18th century the British perfected the Atlantic slave system. Indeed, it has been estimated that between 1700 and 1810 British merchants transported almost three million Africans across the Atlantic. That the British benefited from the Atlantic slave system is indisputable. Yet, paradoxically, it was also the British who led the struggle to bring this system to an end.
What are the Causes of the US Civil War?
Growing friction between the rural slave-owning South and the industrial North which would not have been able to use slaves, even if they had them. As it was getting harder to create new slave-states, the South were in danger of getting out-voted in Congress, which would then pass laws unfavourable to them. The huge profits of the cotton trade made the South feel strong enough to break away and form their own nation. The North felt strongly about the sanctity of the Union - which largely meant that they didn't want to lose the cotton revenues. (They were not principally fighting for Abolitionism at this stage.)
What was the biggest difference between the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 and the Fugitive Slave Act that was part of the Compromise of 1850?
The earlier one was not very rigorous - people had ceased to pay it any attention. The later one was considerably toughened-up - in fact, it was almost meant as a macho gesture, as Congress wanted the South to feel that it was a serious concession to Southern interests (as part of the Compromise of 1850). This one demanded that members of the public must report anyone who looked as though they might be a runaway slave, on pain of a heavy fine. Northern citizens strongly resented being treated as unpaid slave-catchers, and this was one reason why the Compromise of 1850 did not work.
